as in big
one of high position or importance within a group
among food and beverage magazines, it's one of the biggies
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Recent Examples of biggie
Public education is another biggie.
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Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
Underlying many midlife health woes are disappearing hormones—estrogen being the biggie in women.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 11 Feb. 2025
Develop micro-goals on the way to the biggie.
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 22 Jan. 2025
The Tigers have a biggie in Week 1 when LSU comes to town.
—Stewart Mandel, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
Underlying many midlife health woes are disappearing hormones—estrogen being the biggie in women.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 11 Feb. 2025
Develop micro-goals on the way to the biggie.
—Jenny McCoy, SELF, 22 Jan. 2025
The Tigers have a biggie in Week 1 when LSU comes to town.
—Stewart Mandel, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for biggie
Recent Examples of Synonyms for biggie
Noun
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Another possibility or two could develop on draft night depending on how teams value this group of young bigs.—
Dan Woike,
Los Angeles Times,
16 May 2025
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For this reason, the Bulls should spend this week scouting bigs.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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Harry heads back to the yard, where a group of Kevin's Czechoslovakian hired heavies are preparing for war.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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On Twin Peaks, Strong plays Jones, the right-hand woman for one of the series’ heavies.—
Drew Mackie,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Biggie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biggie. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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